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Easdale - Former quarry buildings
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7317
There are many abandoned and ruinous buildings around the coast of Easdale that... (more)
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Seil - Looking over to the eastern end of Easdale
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
Taken from near to the little ferry waiting room at Ellenabeich looking over... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - Quarrymen's cottages - view westwards
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
The northernmost row of the former quarrymen's cottages that make up the... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - Quarrymen's cottages - view eastwards
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
The northernmost row of the former quarrymen's cottages that make up the... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - Eastern edge of Eilean nam Beathach quarry
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
The former tiny island of Eilean nam Beathach was quarried so extensively that... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - All that remains of Eilean nam Beathach
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
The former tiny island of Eilean nam Beathach was quarried so extensively that... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - Crane removed from wooden steamer pier
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
The crane seen here is a central feature of the village of Ellenabeich and used... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - Cottages - western end of southern row
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
This view is of the 'middle' street in Ellenabeich looking along the... (more)
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Outcrop of slate
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS2786
Category: Rock outcrops
This outcrop of slate occurs beside a track across the moor. For a close-up... (more)
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Former Taviner's Auction Rooms and Co-op Hall
by S
geograph for square ST5972
This building was built in 1931 by Harold E. Todd and A. A. Thompson of 29... (more)
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Ruined mine building, Penn Recca
by Derek Harper
geograph for square SX7666
Category: Mine (disused)
The remains of one of the buildings at Penn Recca slate mine, in woodland on the... (more)
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Monument to Heather Slate, Sheffield General Cemetery
by A J Paxton
for square SK3485
Heather Slate was not a person but a rock, laid down 545 million years ago in... (more)
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23 & 24 Leechwell Street, Totnes
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SX7960
This pair of houses by the junction of Leechwell Street and Rotherfold dates... (more)
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A slate ventilation grille at church, Llanllechid
by Meirion
for square SH6268
One of a number of quirky slate ventilation grilles at St Llechid's church.... (more)
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Early 18th century gravestone, Owthorpe
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK6733
The year appears to have been added as an afterthought!
This is quite an early... (more)
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Dinorwic Slate Quarry - A slate stone wall on the way up to the quarry
by Chris Gorringe
for square SH5960
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Ruined building, Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry
by Bill Harrison
for square SH5154
Naturally made of slate...
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Slate blocks at Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SH5054
Were they rejected as unsuitable for splitting into roof slates for some reason... (more)
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Slate drystone wall, west of Glandwr
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SH5055
A good example of how slate splits into long thin blocks - hence its use for roofs.
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Penny Rigg Quarries, Tilberthwaite
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square NY3000
This great gash dominates the lower slopes of Wetherlam. Sandwiched between... (more)
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Slate cottages, Pengelly, Delabole
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SX0683
The slate probably came from the quarry down the road. Just visible are the... (more)
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Slate cottage, Fore Street, Boscastle
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SX0990
The charming street in upper Boscastle has many attractive cottages as well as... (more)
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Elterwater Slate Quarry, Great Langdale
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY3204
Blocks and slates awaiting transport. For a large gash in the earth the quarry... (more)
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Totnes High Street, by the corner with Leechwell Street
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SX7960
These are listed buildings; see, for example, the entry at the Historic England... (more)
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Abandoned slate workings, Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SH5053
The slate strata seem to be bedded almost vertically.
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Rock face at Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SH5054
The grey slate deposits seem to abut paler rock, possibly sandstone? The... (more)
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St Enoder - Slate ledger stone to Antonio Tanner de Carvinack
by Rob Farrow
for square SW8956
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St Enoder - Slate ledger stone to Anthony Tanner
by Rob Farrow
for square SW8956
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St Enoder - Slate ledger stone to John Treseyse
by Rob Farrow
for square SW8956
This slate ledger stone dates to the C17th (precise date has been damaged) and... (more)
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Coniston slate wharf
by Adrian Taylor
geograph for square SD2997
Slate from quarries in the area was the principal freight traffic from Coniston.... (more)
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A slate ventilation grille at church, Llanllechid
by Meirion
for square SH6268
One of a number of quirky slate ventilation grilles at St Llechid's church.... (more)
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Slate headstones, Whatton churchyard
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK7439
This group is Listed Grade II and consists of Swithland slate headstones most... (more)
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Slate walled cottage, Bandrake Head
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD3187
This wall faces into the prevailing wind and weather which is perhaps why it has... (more)
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Slate Waste, Bryn Eglwys, Gwynedd
by Peter Trimming
geograph for square SH6905
The quarry once employed 300 men and in its time produced 300,000 tons of slate... (more)
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Belvoir Angel, Prestwold
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5721
This lies outside the main area of the Vale of Belvoir in which these slate... (more)
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Ashburton Industrial Estate slate, Ross-on-Wye
by Jaggery
for square SO6024
The slate records that the estate was opened by Lord Northfield in March 1979.
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Celebrating Blue Slate statue at Zip World, Bethesda
by Meirion
for square SH6265
Category: Statue
A statue created by the artist Peter Barnes from waste slate.
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Slate Boulders near Hodge Close
by Chris Heaton
geograph for square NY3101
An extensive area of quarries and spoil heaps are to be found in this area -... (more)
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Piles of slate rubble, Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SH5153
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Slate memorial stone near the flooded pit of the former Bryn Hafod-y-Wern slate quarry, Llanllechid
by Meirion
for square SH6369
Category: Memorial stone
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Slates on the Beach
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square SN5884
An unusual bit of beach here with jagged rock layers protruding from the sand... (more)
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Slate Beach, Clarach Bay
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square SN5884
Part of Clarach Bay is sandy but at the top end it turns into this very... (more)
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Farmland above the Bryngwyn Branch slate trail
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SH4956
Looking past disused slate gateposts towards Hafotty Newydd.
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Stone Shed in the Woods
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square SH7504
Part of the Centre for Alternative Technology site which is in an old slate... (more)
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Recycled slate
by Dave Pickersgill
for square SK3297
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Line to Maenofferen Slate Quarry Company
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SH5938
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Slate cottages, Pengelly, Delabole
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SX0783
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Rock outcrop (detail)
by Lairich Rig
for square NS2786
Category: Rock outcrops
This is a close-up view of part of a rock outcrop that is shown in context at... (more)
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Gravestone east of the church, Cropwell Bishop
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK6835
In contrast with the finely finished inscription side, many of the slate... (more)
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Old slate boat houses, Ballachulish
by David Martin
geograph for square NN0858
Slate quarries were established in Ballachulish in 1692 and worked until 1955.
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